Nervous to talk to my friends.

[SomeRandomDude]

Firstly, i'm just nervous to speak in voice chat at all. Usually a tip some people might give to combat mic fright is to talk with a friend in a call or something.

That's the thing, i'm really nervous and anxious to talk to some of the best friends I could ask for. Basically, for as long as I've known these guys, we've only ever talked via text messaging eachother, So we made it a plan to all by headsets and microphones so we could actually talk to eachother online and play games and stuff. Which is a good thing. Especially for me because i'm just terrible at socializing.

But i'm so nervous, I don't even know why, These are my friends, so i'm not afraid of being ridiculed like if I were talking to strangers or up on a stage. I don't know what my deal is. I guess it's because i'm just THAT shy with only talking via messaging on top of that since like 2016.

 

[Cuchculan]

Way I would approach this or anything like this is that you don't have to look them in the eye. If they were standing right in front of you, they would be face to face. This is just a voice chat. No faces. Heck you could be sitting there in your boxing shorts for all they know. I used to hate talking on the phone. I would stutter badly. I then asked myself why? I simply just slowed everything I done down. Took a few breaths. Even when I was out in public. In other words, there is no rush to get the words out. Take it at your own pace. Few breaths. Just try and relax. Be in full control of your own words.

 

[SomeRandomDude]

Way I would approach this or anything like this is that you don't have to look them in the eye. If they were standing right in front of you, they would be face to face. This is just a voice chat. No faces. Heck you could be sitting there in your boxing shorts for all they know. I used to hate talking on the phone. I would stutter badly. I then asked myself why? I simply just slowed everything I done down. Took a few breaths. Even when I was out in public. In other words, there is no rush to get the words out. Take it at your own pace. Few breaths. Just try and relax. Be in full control of your own words.

Thanks for the advice as always!